Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features. Only 15% of casual puzzle games in the US top grossing 200 have implemented it, despite it proving reasonably effective at boosting performance in several level-based puzzle games.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Battle pass feature popularity trend in US iOS mobile games 2018-2023 (source: GameRefinery Platform). Clash Royale overhauled its battle pass in 2023 to introduce a single multi-tier reward track, with a “Gold” premium layer for $5.99 State of the Survival is far from the only one, too.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Running through the market by genre, Kress noted that King has done quite well, but other genres had suffered badly, with strategy, RPG, match puzzle, and casino games all down double digits. Shooters got creamed”, too, he said – down 33%. Kress predicted another two years of western market decline at around 5-10%.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The Deconstructor of Fun x Google Istanbul conference is coming up on March 9th, 2023! The Real Danger of the Microsoft's Activision Deal & 2023 Predictions for Blockchain Games. These efforts were hampered by what it identified as increased market competition, particularly in the puzzle genre.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The co-founders of the company come from Peak, Zynga, and Riot, where some held co-founder or key team roles. Adding the fact that some of the co-founders worked at Peak (that developed two successful blast titles in Toy Blast & Toon Blast ), they went ahead with their own take on the Tile Match subgenre.

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